The Age
of Chaucer was a very interesting time period and you can see it reflected in his works. On the
one hand, it was a time of extreme unrest and uncertainty. The plague had wiped out a large
percentage of the European population, there was much political upheaval, and people were
generally uneasy.
On the other hand, the Catholic Church held a stranglehold
over the entirety of western civilization, and they were largely unquestioned and held in high
esteem. So while people were extremely distrustful and uneasy, they took deep comfort in
religious iconography and looked to Catholic ceremony...
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